Introduction: Category fluency task involves several cognitive processes like word retrieval, ideational skills, inhibitory control, working memory. In these tasks examinee are instructed to name as many words as possible within a specific category. Objective: To examine the difference between the performances ofHigh socio-economic status (HSES)&Low socio-economic status (LSES) children on category fluency task in 8-9 years old typically developing Punjabi developing children.  Method: Thirty, 8-9 years old children from each socio-economic strata (HSES and LSES) were considered for the study. Individuals with any linguistic, hearing, cognitive or visual deficit were excluded from the study. All the participants were instructed to produce word lexicon from specific category within 60 seconds. Results: Results showed that children with high socio-economic status performed superior as compared to LSES group in all the three tasks. Across the task, outcome revealed animal category scores were as compared to food category followed by vehicle. Though, no significant correlation was observed with respect to gender. Conclusion: Socio-economic status is having relevant impact on the performance of semantic fluency task.  During evaluation process,the attribution of socio-economic status should be kept in mind.